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<h3 class="section">12.6 Operands</h3>
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<p>In general, expressions in GIMPLE consist of an operation and the
appropriate number of simple operands; these operands must either be a
GIMPLE rvalue (<code>is_gimple_val</code>), i.e. a constant or a register
variable.  More complex operands are factored out into temporaries, so
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<pre class="smallexample">a = b + c + d
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<pre class="smallexample">T1 = b + c;
a = T1 + d;
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<p>The same rule holds for arguments to a <code>GIMPLE_CALL</code>.
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<p>The target of an assignment is usually a variable, but can also be a
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